View of the sun room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of the sun room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of a basement room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of a basement room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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Linda and James Livingstone in their home on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

Linda and James Livingstone in their home on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of the basement in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of the basement in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

Photo: Philip Kamrass

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View of the office in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of the office in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of the basement in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of the basement in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of a bar in the basement of the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of a bar in the basement of the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of the front entrance to the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of the front entrance to the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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Artwork on the walls of the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

Artwork on the walls of the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of a basement porch at the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of a basement porch at the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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A mantle in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

A mantle in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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A mantle in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

A mantle in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of the sun room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of the sun room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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View of the ceiling in the dining room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

View of the ceiling in the dining room in the home of James and Linda Livingstone on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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Linda and James Livingstone in their home on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

Linda and James Livingstone in their home on Friday July 12, 2013 in Rexford, NY. (Philip Kamrass/ For Life @ Home Magazine)

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A comfortably modern home along the river

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If you ask Linda Livingstone to describe her style she'll tell you it's comfortably modern, and that's about it. Although the home has been enhanced over the years, the style hasn't changed. "We have totally renovated our master bedroom. In our living room we changed the ceiling. It was kind of a knotty pine with rusty beams and we boxed those all in with light woodwork and lightened up the area and enlarged our window by about a foot," she said.

Between the view of the Mohawk River, the ranch style of the home, and a refurbished downstairs area, the home works perfectly for Livingstone and her family. "For our lifestyle, at this point in our lives, it works well for us. We are right on the Mohawk River, so you can't really replace that view. You pretty much see the river from the back of our house."